Kris Kristofferson leaves behind his wife, Lisa Meyers, who supported him throughout his career and during his health challenges. Learn more about his widowed partner here.

He was known for classics like “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” and for starring in films like “A Star Is Born" with Barbra Streisand.

The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss.

Hell,” he offers rurally, “wouldn’t surprise me none you said it was blood.” Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter Whose Poetic Lyrics Transcended Genre, Dead at 88 One had gone there to write about the making,

Is there an artist whose music speaks to you more than any other? Who gets to you in a way that makes you stop and think, or just strikes an emotional chord whenever a particular song comes on the radio or on your playlist?

Actor and country music star Kris Kristofferson has died peacefully at home in Hawaii, aged 88, and he's been remembered by his ‘A Star Is Born’ co-star Barbra Streisand.

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When it came to love, the third time was the charm for Kris Kristofferson. The late actor and country legend found his happily ever after in wife Lisa Meyers, to whom he was married for 41 years before his death on Sept.